All Bible Versions the Same? Nope. Beware of "The Message!"

Here's a very interesting article by James Smith about Bible translations-specifically pointing out problems with Eugene Peterson's paraphrase "The Message." Here's what Peterson said in an interview in 1995: 

“Why do people spend so much time studying the Bible? How much do you need to know? We invest all this time in understanding the text which has a separate life of its own and we think we’re being more pious and spiritual when we’re doing it.... Christians should be studying less, not more. You just need enough to pay attention to God.... I’m just not at all pleased with all the emphasis on Bible study as if it’s some kind of special thing Christians do, and the more they do the better.”

And THIS guy writes his own version of the Bible??...

Christian Witness Ministries - Bible Versions: All preaching the same Message?

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